Hill Heat: Climate Amendments Considered By Democratic Platform Drafting Committee: Incrementalism Outvotes Urgencyhttp://www.hillheat.com/articles/2016/06/29/climate-amendments-considered-by-democratic-platform-drafting-committee-incrementalism-outvotes-urgency
en-us40Science Policy Legislation ActionClimate Amendments Considered By Democratic Platform Drafting Committee: Incrementalism Outvotes Urgency<p><span class="caps">CARBON TAX</span> (rejected)
: “Carbon and other greenhouse gases should be taxed at a level high enough to transition away from fossil fuel consistent with the goals established in Paris in 2015.”</p>
<p><span class="caps">FRACKING BAN</span> (rejected)
: “We call for a full national moratorium on fracking.”</p>
<p><span class="caps">KEEP IT IN THE GROUND</span> (rejected)
: “Democrats believe that the United States should lead the global community in keeping over 80% of all known reserves of fossil fuels in the ground. Democrats agree that the next President of the United States should not grant new leases for fossil fuel extraction on federal lands and waters nor renewing existing leases at their expiration.”</p>
<p><span class="caps">PHASE DOWN</span> (adopted)
: “We can phase down extraction of fossil fuels from our public lands, starting with the most polluting sources, while making our public lands and water an engine of a clean-energy economy, creating jobs across the country.”</p>
<p><span class="caps">FOSSIL</span>-FUELED <span class="caps">EMINENT DOMAIN</span> (rejected)
: “Democrats believe government should not aid private companies with eminent domain to build fossil-fuel infrastructure in the United States.”</p>
<p><span class="caps">WALK</span>-BIKE (adopted)
: “And by expanding bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure across our urban and suburban areas.”</p>
<p><span class="caps">CLEAN ENERGY ACCESS</span> (adopted)
: “Work to expand access to low-cost clean energy to low-income households and oppose efforts by utilities to slow clean-energy deployment.”</p>
<p><span class="caps">CLIMATE TEST</span> (rejected)
: Insert after “Keystone XL pipeline”: “&#8212;and we believe the same test that he applied in that case, whether or not new infrastructure would ‘significantly exacerbate’ global warming, should be adopted across federal agencies.”</p>
<p><span class="caps">EXXON KNEW</span> (adopted)
: “Democrats agree that the US Department of Justice should investigate alleged corporate fraud by fossil fuel companies for any efforts to deceive the American people about the dangers of climate change. We respectfully request the Department investigate these allegations and take appropriate action should the investigation yield evidence of wrongdoing.”</p>
<p>100% ‘CLEAN’ <span class="caps">ENERGY</span> (adopted)
: “&#8230;reducing greenhouse gas emissions more than 80 percent below 2005 levels by 2050 and meeting the pledge President Obama put forth in the landmark Paris agreement to keep temperature rise below 2 degrees and as close as possible to 1.5 degrees. We believe America must be running on clean energy entirely by mid-century.”</p>Wed, 29 Jun 2016 22:08:00 -0400urn:uuid:18031b7d-061d-4c66-a10b-832ee174623dBrad Johnsonhttp://www.hillheat.com/articles/2016/06/29/climate-amendments-considered-by-democratic-platform-drafting-committee-incrementalism-outvotes-urgency